Spring-bed



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G. E. MILLER.

SPRING BED.

No. 422,030. A Patented'f'eb.25,1890.

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G. E. MILLER. SPRING BED.

N0. 422,030. Patented Feb. 25, 1890.

UNITEDV STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE E. MILLER, OE ST. LOUIS, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,030, dated February25, 1890.

Application filed June 28, 1889. Serial No. 315,853. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the county of Gratiot and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Spring-Bed, of which the following is aspecification.

' My invention relates'to improvements in spring-beds; and it consistsin certain novel ro features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedspring-bed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the connecting-spring. Figs. 4t

and 5 are det-ail views of the side-securing wires. Fig. 6 is anenlarged view of a springbrace for the head and foot board.

The slats A are of the usual construction, and are secured at their endsto the side rails zo B B, and are braced at their centers by alongitudinal bar C, extending the entire length of the bed and securedto each of the slats. The springs D are of the usual coiled form and aresecured at their lower ends to z5 the slats in any desired manner. Thesprings are connected transversely and longitudinally by the coil-springlinks E, having their opposite ends secured to the upper coils of theadjacent springs D, as clearly shown. The 3o said springs are connecteddiagonally, and are also connected to the head and foot boards by thesprings- F and the angular loops G. The said loops G are arranged at thecenters of the spaces between four adjacent springs D, and thespring-links F have their ends secured to the said loops, at the cornersof the same, and their outer ends secured to the bed springs and thehead and foot rails. The bed-springs are further connected and 4o bracedby means of the longitudinal securing-wires H, which have their endssecured to the head and foot rails and their intermediate portionsinterlaced through the outer bed-springs, and are provided near theirends with the coils I, so that they will be somewhat elastic and bethereby permitted to yield to the weight of the person on the bed. Thesewires may be secured to the bedsprings by means of the rings or collarsJ, 5o tted around the said wires and the coils of the bed-springs. Thesprings are further braced by the securing-wires K, having their endsfastened to the side rails and their intermediate portions passedthrough the bedsprings, the portions of said wires between two adjacentsprings being connected with the side rails by the spring -links L,which have their lower ends secured to the side rails and their upperends engaging the securing wires. The head and foot rails M N 6o aresupported upon the side rails B, and the longitudinal bar C by thespring-braces O, which have their lower ends securely fastened to thesaid side rails and central bar and their upper ends securely fastenedto the head and foot rails. vThe intermediate portions of thesefoot-braces are carried upward and then outward, so that the said headand foot rail will be allowed to yield somewhat to the weight on the bedin a downward direc- 7o tion, but will be eftectually prevented frommoving inward toward the center of the bed and thereby permitting'thecentral portion of the bed to collapse. This result is further insuredby the employment of the chains P, ,which have their lower ends securedto the end slats and their upper ends secured to the ends of the headand foot rails.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided aspring-bed which 8o is strong but simple in its construction and whichwill possess great durability. The several bed-springs are eihcientlyconnected, so that while they are permitted to yield to the weight onthe bed they will be prevented 8 5 from swaying laterally in anydirection, and the shape of the bed is consequently maintained. Thespring-links F will at all times exert a direct pull on the bed-springs,as their inner ends are secured to the angular loops 9o at the cornersof the same, and will consequently be prevented from slipping on thesaid loop.

Special stress is placed on the longitudinal connecting-wires arrangedat the side of the bed. These wires secure the outer bed-springs to thebed-frame and also connect them with each other, so that they will bemost effectually prevented from collapsing, and the bed, consequentlyprevented from spreading over roo the sides of the frame. These springs,furthermore, are sufficiently elastic to yield to claim, and desire tosecure by .Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the head and foot v rails, the side rails, andthe bed-springs, of the brace wires interlaced with the bedsprings andhaving their ends secured to the head and foot rails, and theconnecting-wires having their ends secured to the side rails and theirintermediate portions engaging the bed-springs, as set forth. l

2. The combination, with the head and foot rails and the bed-springs, ofthe longitudinal brace-Wires having their ends secured to the head andfoot rails and provided near their ends with the coils I, and the ringsconnecting the brace-wires to the bed-springs, as set forth.

3. The combination of the bed-frame, the spring-rods secured thereto andprojecting upward and outward therefrom, the head and foot rails securedto the upper outer ends of the said rods, the longitudinal brace-wiresconnecting the head and foot rails and having coiled springs in theirbodies, and the chains secured to the frame and the head and foot rails,as setforth.

4. The combination, with the head and foot rails, the side rails, andthe bed-springs, of the brace-wires interlaced with the bed- .springsandhaving their ends secured to the head and foot rails, theconnecting-wires engaging the bed-springs and having their ends securedto the side rails, and the spring-links having their lower ends securedto the side rails and their upper ends engaging the connecting-wiresbetween the bed-springs, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE E. MILLER.

XVitnesses:

PHILETUS A. WALDRON, CHARLES L. TAFT.

